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Time is running out to secure tickets to this year's 40 Under 40 Awards gala and the chance to enjoy the selection of small batch wines from McLaren Vale maverick Alpha Box & Dice.

Seattle-based Redfin recently announced the Emerald City is experiencing a larger housing cool down than any other US city.

Here are the stories of four schools and how they are teaching the youngest students how to read. The schools are among the 70 lowest-performing in the state. They are sharing in $50 million in extra funding that settled a lawsuit accusing the state of failing to teach literacy.

California settled a lawsuit over literacy by giving 70 schools with the lowest 2019 test scores extra funding to teach children to read. Less than half of all third graders in the state scored at grade level in reading.

Nystrom Elementary ditched a popular, yet criticized curriculum and put a greater focus on phonics to improve students' reading skills.